Baling-press.



PATENTBD MAY 9, 1905.

W. D.. KELLBY..

BALNG PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY ze, 1904.

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y No. 789,369.

W. D. KELLEY.

BALING PRESS.

APPLLOATION FILED MAY ze, 1904.

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irre klim@ Patented May 9, 1905.

` rrntr TWILLOUGrHBY D. KELLEY, OF CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOSEPH ALDERSON, OF CLEVE- LAND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BLINGMPHESIS..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,369, dated May 9, 1905.

Application tiled May 26, 1904. Serial No. 209.908.

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Be it known that l, WILLOUGHBY D. Kenner, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory, haveinvented a new and useful Baling- Prcss, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to baling-presses for hay, cotton, and similar material, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and produce an apparatus of this character wherein the material may be handled with greater facility and in less time than in presses as heretofore constructed and without increase in the power required.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing' from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its ad\i'antages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all the changes and modifi- .ations which fairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the feed-hoppers and cut-oill plates removed. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section on the line -L A1: of Fig. l, looking upward. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line :3 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an end elevation partly in section. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the fced-hoppers detached and folded.

The press-box is formed of the usual size in transverse section and of the usual length and preferably with two com pression-cham ber portions l() l1 spaced apart and with a guideframe 12 between them. portions of the press-box may be extended to any desired length and formed with closed tops 13 and bottoms 14, leaving the sides open and disconnected at the terminals. lhe usual timber-work inclosing frame 15 is employed to support the press-box, and between the terminals of the top portions i3 and the end members of the frame 15 springs are disposed, one of which is represented at 1G, and exerting their force to maintain the terminals yieldably contracted, so that the bales will be retarded at the discharge end to facilitate the action and prevent premature discharge of the bales. Adjusting-screws 1T are disposed in the end members of the frame 15 for bearing upon the springs to regulate the tension.

Mounted for reciprocal movement in the compression chamber portions 10 11 are plungers 18 19, connected by a rack-bar 20, extending through the guide-frame 12 and of proper length to cause the plungers to operate alternately. Pivoted at 2l in bearings Q2 is a segmental gear 23, engaging the rack-bar 20 and with a socket .24 for an operating lever or sweep 25, by means of which the plungers may be alternately reciprocated .in the compression-chamber portions.

Attached longitudinally to the upper edges` of the press-box opposite the compressionchamber portions of the same are guide members 2G Q7, connected by spaced transverse stay-bars 28, forming supports for feed-hoppers 29 30, through which the material is fed to the compression-chamber portions and preferably arranged in reverse order, so that the material may be fed thereto alternately from opposite sides. 'lhe hoppers are detachable from thei r supportirig-frames and formed with three inclined sides hinged together at the ends, as at 31 32, so that they may be folded into a small compass when detached for removal or storage. as shown in Fig. 7.

The upper edges of the side walls of the compression-chamber portions of the pressbox are recessed to receive cut-oil'l plates 3a,

The bale-receiving the plates being further supported from above by the longitudinal frame members 2G 27. By this means the cut-ofil plates are disposed for reciprocal movement between the feedhoppers and the compression-chamber portions of the press-box and the plungers operative therein.

Connected to the back of each of the plungers 18 19 are cable-guide pulleys 35 36, over which cables 37 38 lead, and are connected at one end, respectively, as at 39 40, to the adjacent ends ofthe cut-off plates 33 34 and at their other ends to springs 41 42, the latter connected in turn to opposite sides of the guideframe 12, as at 48 44.

A spring 45 is connected at one end, 46, to the cut-off plate 34 and at the other end, 4T, to the rear side of the plunger 18, and a like spring' 48 is connected at one end, 49, to the cut-off plate 33 and at the other end, 50, to the rear side of the plunger 19. By this arrangement as the segmental gear 23 is operated in one direction the plunger 19 will be moved forwardly in the compression-chamber portion 11 and the plunger 18 withdrawn from the chamber 10, and at the same time the cutoff plate 34 will be caused to travel in advance of the plunger 19 and close the discharge from the hopper 30 before the plunger completes its forward stroke, and the cut-off plate 33 will likewise be caused to travel rearwardly and open the discharge from the hopper 29. Each of the cables 37 38 is shorter than the full stroke of the respective plunger with which it is associated, so that during the forward stroke the cut-off plates will move faster than the plungers and in advance of the same, and thus serve as stops to hold down the material which is being' compressed and prevent it from rising during the pressing action. As the cut-olf plates reach the end of the strokes before the completion of the forward strokes of the plungers, the springs 41 42 by expanding permit the continued forward movement of the plungers, as will be obvious, until the stroke is completed. Each forward stroke also expands the secondary springs 45 48, which by their reaction draw the cut-off plates backward and reopen the discharge-apertures of the hoppers alternately, as will be obvious.

The contraction of the discharge ends of the press-boxes are also important features of the invention and add materially to the value and increase the efliciency of the invention.

The open-sided press-boxes provide easy access to theI compressed bales to readily apply the binding-wires, as will be obvious.

Spring-controlled detents 51 52 are disposed at suit-able points to hold the material after each compression, each pair of detents being' held by a single spring, as at 53 54.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is 1. In a baling-press, a cut-off plate, and

means for moving the same in the same direction, but at a greater speed than the plunger of the press.

2. ln a baling-press, a plunger, a cut-ofil plate connected thereto, and means for traveling the cut-ofil plate at a greater speed than the plunger.

3. In a baling-press, the press-box having a feed-hopper disposed above the compressionchamber portion of the same, a plunger mounted for reciprocation in said compression-chamber portion, a cut-off plate movable between said plunger and hopper, and means whereby said cut-off plate is operated in advance of the plunger during the forward stroke.

4. ln a baling-press, the press-box having a feed-hopper disposed above the compressioncham ber portion of the same, a plunger mounted for reci procation in said compression-chamber portion, a cut-ofil plate movable between said plunger and hopper, means whereby said cut-oil' plate is operated in advance of the plunger during the forward stroke, and means whereby the cut-off plate is withdrawn from between the hopper and compression-chamber at the return stroke.

5. In a balingpress, the press-box having a feed-hopper disposed above the compressioncham loer portion of the same, a plunger mounted for reciprocation in'said compression-chamber portion, a cut-ofi' plate movable between said plunger and hopper, a cable-guide carried by said plunger, a spring connected to the wall or frame of said compression-chamber, and a cable connected between said spring and cut-olf plate and leading through said guide.

6. In a baling-press, the press-box havingI a feed-hopper disposed above the compressionchamber portion of the same, a plunger mounted for reciprocation in said compression-chamber portion and provided with a rearwardlyextending' rack-bar, a segmental gear member mounted for oscillation in said press-box frame and engaging said rack-bar, a cut-off plate movable between said hopper and plunger, and means connected between said cutolf plate and plunger to cause said plate to be projected in advance of the plunger' during the forward stroke and withdrawn during the return stroke.

7. In a baling-press two press-boxes disposed in longitudinal alinement and having a transverse guide-frame between the respective compression chamber portions of the same, reversely-disposed feed-hoppers independently positioned above said compressionchamber portions, plungers operating in said compression-chamber portions and connected for alternate reciprocation therein by a rackbar extending through said guide-frame, a segmental gear mounted for oscillation in said press-box and engaging said rack-bar for alternately operating said plungers, cut off plates movable between said hoppers and said IOO IIO

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masse connected between said cut-off plate and plunger for causing said plates to be alternately reciprocated in advance of said respective plungers during the forward stroke.

8. 1n a hailing-press two press-boxes disposed in longitudinal alinement and having a transverse guideframe between the respective compression chamber portions oi' the same, reversely-disposed feed-hoppers independcntly positioned above said compression chamber portions, plungers operating in said compression-chamber portions and connected for alternate reciprocation therein by a rackbar extending through said guide-frame, a segmental gear mounted for oscillation in said press-box and engaging said rack-bar for alternately operating said plungers, cut-ott' plates movable between said hoppers and said compression-chamber portions, cable-guides carried upon the rear sides of said plungers, oppositely-extending springs connected to said guide-frame and cablesconnected respectively between said springs and eut-oil' plates and leading through said guides, whereby said cut-ofil plates are caused to travel in ad- Vance of said plungers during the forward stroke.

9. ln a baling-press, the press-box having a feed-hopper disposed above the compression-chamber portion of the same, a plunger mounted 'for rcciprocation in said compression-chamber portion, a cut-oil plate movable between said plunger and hopper, a cableguide carried by said plunger, a primary spring connected to the `frame of said compressionphamber, a cable connected between saidfprimary spring' and cut-off plate and leading through said cable-guide, and a secondaryr spring connected to said cut-olil plate and eX- erting its iorce reversely to the primary spring.

l0. In abaling-press, the press-box having a compression-chamber at one end, a feedhopper detaehably supported above said compression-chamber portion and formed of side members hinged at the junctures to fold into small area when detached, a plunger Jfor reciprocation in said compression-chamber, and a cut-ott plate slidable between said hopper and compression-chamber.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto atlixed my signature in the `,presence of two witnesses.

lVILLOUGHBY l). KELLEY.

Titnessesz l/Vu. BLAKE, F. KENNEDY'. 

